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        !             5:
        !             6: <title>OpenBSD 7.3</title>
        !             7: <meta name="description" content="OpenBSD 7.3">
        !             8: <meta name="viewport" content="width=device-width, initial-scale=1">
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        !            12: <h2 id=OpenBSD>
        !            13: <a href="index.html">
        !            14: <i>Open</i><b>BSD</b></a>
        !            15: 7.3
        !            16: </h2>
        !            17:
        !            18: <table>
        !            19: <tr>
        !            20: <td>
        !            21: <a href="images/XXX.png">
        !            22: <img width="227" height="303" src="images/XXX-s.gif" alt="XXX"></a>
        !            23: <td>
        !            24: Released Apr XXX, 2022. (54th OpenBSD release)<br>
        !            25: Copyright 1997-2023, Theo de Raadt.<br>
        !            26: <br>
        !            27: Artwork by XXX.
        !            28: <br>
        !            29: <ul>
        !            30: <li>See the information on <a href="ftp.html">the FTP page</a> for
        !            31:     a list of mirror machines.
        !            32: <li>Go to the <code class=reldir>pub/OpenBSD/7.3/</code> directory on
        !            33:     one of the mirror sites.
        !            34: <li>Have a look at <a href="errata73.html">the 7.3 errata page</a> for a list
        !            35:     of bugs and workarounds.
        !            36: <li>See a <a href="plus73.html">detailed log of changes</a> between the
        !            37:     7.2 and 7.3 releases.
        !            38: <p>
        !            39: <li><a href="https://man.openbsd.org/signify.1">signify(1)</a>
        !            40:     pubkeys for this release:<p>
        !            41:
        !            42: <table class=signify>
        !            43: <tr><td>
        !            44: openbsd-73-base.pub:
        !            45: <td>
        !            46: <a href="https://ftp.openbsd.org/pub/OpenBSD/7.3/openbsd-73-base.pub">
        !            47: XXX</a>
        !            48: <tr><td>
        !            49: openbsd-73-fw.pub:
        !            50: <td>
        !            51: XXX
        !            52: <tr><td>
        !            53: openbsd-73-pkg.pub:
        !            54: <td>
        !            55: XXX
        !            56: <tr><td>
        !            57: openbsd-73-syspatch.pub:
        !            58: <td>
        !            59: XXX
        !            60: </table>
        !            61: </ul>
        !            62: <p>
        !            63: All applicable copyrights and credits are in the src.tar.gz,
        !            64: sys.tar.gz, xenocara.tar.gz, ports.tar.gz files, or in the
        !            65: files fetched via <code>ports.tar.gz</code>.
        !            66: </table>
        !            67:
        !            68: <hr>
        !            69:
        !            70: <section id=new>
        !            71: <h3>What's New</h3>
        !            72: <p>
        !            73: This is a partial list of new features and systems included in OpenBSD 7.3.
        !            74: For a comprehensive list, see the <a href="plus73.html">changelog</a> leading
        !            75: to 7.3.
        !            76:
        !            77: <ul>
        !            78:
        !            79: <li>New/extended platforms:
        !            80:   <ul>
        !            81:   <li>...
        !            82:   </ul>
        !            83:
        !            84: <li>Various kernel improvements:
        !            85:   <ul>
        !            86:   <li>...
        !            87:   </ul>
        !            88:
        !            89: <li>SMP Improvements
        !            90:   <ul>
        !            91:   <li>...
        !            92:   </ul>
        !            93:
        !            94: <li>Direct Rendering Manager and graphics drivers
        !            95:   <ul>
        !            96:   <li>...
        !            97:   </ul>
        !            98:
        !            99: <li>VMM/VMD improvements
        !           100:   <ul>
        !           101:   <li>...
        !           102:   </ul>
        !           103:
        !           104: <li>Various new userland features:
        !           105:   <ul>
        !           106:   <li>...
        !           107:   </ul>
        !           108:
        !           109: <li>Various bugfixes and tweaks in userland:
        !           110:   <ul>
        !           111:   <li>...
        !           112:   </ul>
        !           113:
        !           114: <li>Improved hardware support and driver bugfixes, including:
        !           115:   <ul>
        !           116:   <li>...
        !           117:   </ul>
        !           118:
        !           119: <li>New or improved network hardware support:
        !           120:   <ul>
        !           121:   <li>...
        !           122:   </ul>
        !           123:
        !           124: <li>Added or improved wireless network drivers:
        !           125:   <ul>
        !           126:   <li>...
        !           127:   </ul>
        !           128:
        !           129: <li>IEEE 802.11 wireless stack improvements and bugfixes:
        !           130:   <ul>
        !           131:   <li>...
        !           132:   </ul>
        !           133:
        !           134: <li>Installer, upgrade and bootloader improvements:
        !           135:   <ul>
        !           136:   <li>...
        !           137:   </ul>
        !           138:
        !           139: <li>Security improvements:
        !           140:   <ul>
        !           141:   <li>...
        !           142:   </ul>
        !           143:
        !           144: <li>Changes in the network stack:
        !           145:   <ul>
        !           146:   <li>...
        !           147:  </ul>
        !           148:
        !           149: <li>Routing daemons and other userland network improvements:
        !           150:   <ul>
        !           151:   <li>IPsec support was improved:
        !           152:   <ul>
        !           153:        <li>...
        !           154:   </ul>
        !           155:   <li>In <a href="https://man.openbsd.org/bgpd.8">bgpd(8)</a>,
        !           156:   <ul>
        !           157:        <li>...
        !           158:   </ul>
        !           159:   <li><a href="https://man.openbsd.org/rpki-client.8">rpki-client(8)</a> saw some changes:
        !           160:   <ul>
        !           161:        <li>...
        !           162:   </ul>
        !           163:
        !           164:   <li>In <a href="https://man.openbsd.org/snmpd.8">snmpd(8)</a>,
        !           165:   <ul>
        !           166:        <li>...
        !           167:   </ul>
        !           168:
        !           169:   <li>...
        !           170:   </ul>
        !           171:
        !           172: <li><a href="https://man.openbsd.org/tmux.1">tmux(1)</a> improvements and bug fixes:
        !           173:   <ul>
        !           174:   <li>...
        !           175:   </ul>
        !           176:
        !           177: <li>LibreSSL version 3.6.0
        !           178:   <ul>
        !           179:   <li>New features
        !           180:     <ul>
        !           181:     <li>...
        !           182:     </ul>
        !           183:
        !           184:   <li>Compatibility changes
        !           185:     <ul>
        !           186:     <li>...
        !           187:     </ul>
        !           188:
        !           189:   <li>Bug fixes
        !           190:     <ul>
        !           191:     <li>...
        !           192:     </ul>
        !           193:
        !           194:   <li>Internal improvements
        !           195:     <ul>
        !           196:     <li>...
        !           197:     </ul>
        !           198:   </ul>
        !           199:
        !           200: <li>OpenSSH XXX.YYY
        !           201:   <ul>
        !           202:   <li>Security
        !           203:     <ul>
        !           204:     <li>...
        !           205:     </ul>
        !           206:   <li>Potentially-incompatible changes
        !           207:     <ul>
        !           208:     <li>...
        !           209:     </ul>
        !           210:   <li>Bugfixes
        !           211:     <ul>
        !           212:     <li>...
        !           213:     </ul>
        !           214:   </ul>
        !           215:
        !           216: <li>mandoc XXX plus some new features and many bugfixes, including:
        !           217:   <ul>
        !           218:   <li>...
        !           219:   </ul>
        !           220:
        !           221: <li>Ports and packages:
        !           222:   <p>Many pre-built packages for each architecture:
        !           223:   <!-- number of FTP packages minus SHA256, SHA256.sig, index.txt -->
        !           224:   <ul style="column-count: 3">
        !           225:     <li>aarch64:
        !           226:     <li>amd64:
        !           227:     <li>arm:
        !           228:     <li>i386:
        !           229:     <li>mips64:
        !           230:     <li>powerpc:
        !           231:     <li>powerpc64:
        !           232:     <li>riscv64:
        !           233:     <li>sparc64:
        !           234:   </ul>
        !           235:
        !           236:   <p>Some highlights:
        !           237:   <ul style="column-count: 3"><!--- XXX all need to be checked/updated 2023-03-04 --->
        !           238:     <li>Asterisk 16.28.0, 18.14.0 and 19.6.0
        !           239:     <li>Audacity 2.4.2
        !           240:     <li>CMake 3.24.2
        !           241:     <li>Chromium 105.0.5195.125
        !           242:     <li>Emacs 28.2
        !           243:     <li>FFmpeg 4.4.2
        !           244:     <li>GCC 8.4.0 and 11.2.0
        !           245:     <li>GHC 9.2.4
        !           246:     <li>GNOME 42.4
        !           247:     <li>Go 1.19.1
        !           248:     <li>JDK 8u342, 11.0.16 and 17.0.4
        !           249:     <li>KDE Applications 22.08.1
        !           250:     <li>KDE Frameworks 5.98.0
        !           251:     <li>Krita 5.1.1
        !           252:     <li>LLVM/Clang 13.0.0
        !           253:     <li>LibreOffice 7.4.1.2
        !           254:     <li>Lua 5.1.5, 5.2.4 and 5.3.6
        !           255:     <li>MariaDB 10.9.3
        !           256:     <li>Mono 6.12.0.182
        !           257:     <li>Mozilla Firefox 105.0.1 and ESR 102.3.0
        !           258:     <li>Mozilla Thunderbird 102.3.0
        !           259:     <li>Mutt 2.2.7 and NeoMutt 20220429
        !           260:     <li>Node.js 16.17.1
        !           261:     <li>OCaml 4.12.1
        !           262:     <li>OpenLDAP 2.6.3
        !           263:     <li>PHP 7.4.30, 8.0.23 and 8.1.10
        !           264:     <li>Postfix 3.7.2
        !           265:     <li>PostgreSQL 14.5
        !           266:     <li>Python 2.7.18, 3.9.14 and 3.10.7
        !           267:     <li>Qt 5.15.6 and 6.3.1
        !           268:     <li>R 4.2.1
        !           269:     <li>Ruby 2.7.6, 3.0.4 and 3.1.2
        !           270:     <li>Rust 1.63.0
        !           271:     <li>SQLite 3.39.3
        !           272:     <li>Shotcut 22.06.23
        !           273:     <li>Sudo 1.9.11.2
        !           274:     <li>Suricata 6.0.6
        !           275:     <li>Tcl/Tk 8.5.19 and 8.6.12
        !           276:     <li>TeX Live 2021
        !           277:     <li>Vim 9.0.0192 and Neovim 0.7.2
        !           278:     <li>Xfce 4.16
        !           279:   </ul>
        !           280:   <p>
        !           281:
        !           282: <li>As usual, steady improvements in manual pages and other documentation.
        !           283:
        !           284: <li>The system includes the following major components from outside suppliers:
        !           285:   <ul><!--- XXX all need to be checked/updated 2023-03-04 --->
        !           286:     <li>Xenocara (based on X.Org 7.7 with xserver 21.1.4 + patches,
        !           287:         freetype 2.12.1, fontconfig 2.13.94, Mesa 22.1.7, xterm 372,
        !           288:         xkeyboard-config 2.20, fonttosfnt 1.2.2 and more)
        !           289:     <li>LLVM/Clang 13.0.0 (+ patches)
        !           290:     <li>GCC 4.2.1 (+ patches) and 3.3.6 (+ patches)
        !           291:     <li>Perl 5.32.1 (+ patches)
        !           292:     <li>NSD 4.6.0
        !           293:     <li>Unbound 1.16.3
        !           294:     <li>Ncurses 5.7
        !           295:     <li>Binutils 2.17 (+ patches)
        !           296:     <li>Gdb 6.3 (+ patches)
        !           297:     <li>Awk September 12, 2022
        !           298:     <li>Expat 2.4.9
        !           299:   </ul>
        !           300:
        !           301: </ul>
        !           302: </section>
        !           303:
        !           304: <hr>
        !           305:
        !           306: <section id=install>
        !           307: <h3>How to install</h3>
        !           308: <p>
        !           309: Please refer to the following files on the mirror site for
        !           310: extensive details on how to install OpenBSD 7.3 on your machine:
        !           311:
        !           312: <ul>
        !           313: <li><a href="https://ftp.openbsd.org/pub/OpenBSD/7.3/alpha/INSTALL.alpha">
        !           314:        .../OpenBSD/7.3/alpha/INSTALL.alpha</a>
        !           315: <li><a href="https://ftp.openbsd.org/pub/OpenBSD/7.3/amd64/INSTALL.amd64">
        !           316:        .../OpenBSD/7.3/amd64/INSTALL.amd64</a>
        !           317: <li><a href="https://ftp.openbsd.org/pub/OpenBSD/7.3/arm64/INSTALL.arm64">
        !           318:        .../OpenBSD/7.3/arm64/INSTALL.arm64</a>
        !           319: <li><a href="https://ftp.openbsd.org/pub/OpenBSD/7.3/armv7/INSTALL.armv7">
        !           320:        .../OpenBSD/7.3/armv7/INSTALL.armv7</a>
        !           321: <li><a href="https://ftp.openbsd.org/pub/OpenBSD/7.3/hppa/INSTALL.hppa">
        !           322:        .../OpenBSD/7.3/hppa/INSTALL.hppa</a>
        !           323: <li><a href="https://ftp.openbsd.org/pub/OpenBSD/7.3/i386/INSTALL.i386">
        !           324:        .../OpenBSD/7.3/i386/INSTALL.i386</a>
        !           325: <li><a href="https://ftp.openbsd.org/pub/OpenBSD/7.3/landisk/INSTALL.landisk">
        !           326:        .../OpenBSD/7.3/landisk/INSTALL.landisk</a>
        !           327: <li><a href="https://ftp.openbsd.org/pub/OpenBSD/7.3/loongson/INSTALL.loongson">
        !           328:        .../OpenBSD/7.3/loongson/INSTALL.loongson</a>
        !           329: <li><a href="https://ftp.openbsd.org/pub/OpenBSD/7.3/luna88k/INSTALL.luna88k">
        !           330:        .../OpenBSD/7.3/luna88k/INSTALL.luna88k</a>
        !           331: <li><a href="https://ftp.openbsd.org/pub/OpenBSD/7.3/macppc/INSTALL.macppc">
        !           332:        .../OpenBSD/7.3/macppc/INSTALL.macppc</a>
        !           333: <li><a href="https://ftp.openbsd.org/pub/OpenBSD/7.3/octeon/INSTALL.octeon">
        !           334:        .../OpenBSD/7.3/octeon/INSTALL.octeon</a>
        !           335: <li><a href="https://ftp.openbsd.org/pub/OpenBSD/7.3/powerpc64/INSTALL.powerpc64">
        !           336:        .../OpenBSD/7.3/powerpc64/INSTALL.powerpc64</a>
        !           337: <li><a href="https://ftp.openbsd.org/pub/OpenBSD/7.3/riscv64/INSTALL.riscv64">
        !           338:        .../OpenBSD/7.3/riscv64/INSTALL.riscv64</a>
        !           339: <li><a href="https://ftp.openbsd.org/pub/OpenBSD/7.3/sparc64/INSTALL.sparc64">
        !           340:        .../OpenBSD/7.3/sparc64/INSTALL.sparc64</a>
        !           341: </ul>
        !           342: </section>
        !           343:
        !           344: <hr>
        !           345:
        !           346: <section id=quickinstall>
        !           347: <p>
        !           348: Quick installer information for people familiar with OpenBSD, and the use of
        !           349: the "<a href="https://man.openbsd.org/disklabel.8">disklabel</a> -E" command.
        !           350: If you are at all confused when installing OpenBSD, read the relevant
        !           351: INSTALL.* file as listed above!
        !           352:
        !           353: <h3>OpenBSD/alpha:</h3>
        !           354:
        !           355: <p>
        !           356: If your machine can boot from CD, you can write <i>install73.iso</i> or
        !           357: <i>cd73.iso</i> to a CD and boot from it.
        !           358: Refer to INSTALL.alpha for more details.
        !           359:
        !           360: <h3>OpenBSD/amd64:</h3>
        !           361:
        !           362: <p>
        !           363: If your machine can boot from CD, you can write <i>install73.iso</i> or
        !           364: <i>cd73.iso</i> to a CD and boot from it.
        !           365: You may need to adjust your BIOS options first.
        !           366:
        !           367: <p>
        !           368: If your machine can boot from USB, you can write <i>install73.img</i> or
        !           369: <i>miniroot73.img</i> to a USB stick and boot from it.
        !           370:
        !           371: <p>
        !           372: If you can't boot from a CD, floppy disk, or USB,
        !           373: you can install across the network using PXE as described in the included
        !           374: INSTALL.amd64 document.
        !           375:
        !           376: <p>
        !           377: If you are planning to dual boot OpenBSD with another OS, you will need to
        !           378: read INSTALL.amd64.
        !           379:
        !           380: <h3>OpenBSD/arm64:</h3>
        !           381:
        !           382: <p>
        !           383: Write <i>install73.img</i> or <i>miniroot73.img</i> to a disk and boot from it
        !           384: after connecting to the serial console.  Refer to INSTALL.arm64 for more
        !           385: details.
        !           386:
        !           387: <h3>OpenBSD/armv7:</h3>
        !           388:
        !           389: <p>
        !           390: Write a system specific miniroot to an SD card and boot from it after connecting
        !           391: to the serial console.  Refer to INSTALL.armv7 for more details.
        !           392:
        !           393: <h3>OpenBSD/hppa:</h3>
        !           394:
        !           395: <p>
        !           396: Boot over the network by following the instructions in INSTALL.hppa or the
        !           397: <a href="hppa.html#install">hppa platform page</a>.
        !           398:
        !           399: <h3>OpenBSD/i386:</h3>
        !           400:
        !           401: <p>
        !           402: If your machine can boot from CD, you can write <i>install73.iso</i> or
        !           403: <i>cd73.iso</i> to a CD and boot from it.
        !           404: You may need to adjust your BIOS options first.
        !           405:
        !           406: <p>
        !           407: If your machine can boot from USB, you can write <i>install73.img</i> or
        !           408: <i>miniroot73.img</i> to a USB stick and boot from it.
        !           409:
        !           410: <p>
        !           411: If you can't boot from a CD, floppy disk, or USB,
        !           412: you can install across the network using PXE as described in
        !           413: the included INSTALL.i386 document.
        !           414:
        !           415: <p>
        !           416: If you are planning on dual booting OpenBSD with another OS, you will need to
        !           417: read INSTALL.i386.
        !           418:
        !           419: <h3>OpenBSD/landisk:</h3>
        !           420:
        !           421: <p>
        !           422: Write <i>miniroot73.img</i> to the start of the CF
        !           423: or disk, and boot normally.
        !           424:
        !           425: <h3>OpenBSD/loongson:</h3>
        !           426:
        !           427: <p>
        !           428: Write <i>miniroot73.img</i> to a USB stick and boot bsd.rd from it
        !           429: or boot bsd.rd via tftp.
        !           430: Refer to the instructions in INSTALL.loongson for more details.
        !           431:
        !           432: <h3>OpenBSD/luna88k:</h3>
        !           433:
        !           434: <p>
        !           435: Copy 'boot' and 'bsd.rd' to a Mach or UniOS partition, and boot the bootloader
        !           436: from the PROM, and then bsd.rd from the bootloader.
        !           437: Refer to the instructions in INSTALL.luna88k for more details.
        !           438:
        !           439: <h3>OpenBSD/macppc:</h3>
        !           440:
        !           441: <p>
        !           442: Burn the image from a mirror site to a CDROM, and power on your machine
        !           443: while holding down the <i>C</i> key until the display turns on and
        !           444: shows <i>OpenBSD/macppc boot</i>.
        !           445:
        !           446: <p>
        !           447: Alternatively, at the Open Firmware prompt, enter <i>boot cd:,ofwboot
        !           448: /7.3/macppc/bsd.rd</i>
        !           449:
        !           450: <h3>OpenBSD/octeon:</h3>
        !           451:
        !           452: <p>
        !           453: After connecting a serial port, boot bsd.rd over the network via DHCP/tftp.
        !           454: Refer to the instructions in INSTALL.octeon for more details.
        !           455:
        !           456: <h3>OpenBSD/powerpc64:</h3>
        !           457:
        !           458: <p>
        !           459: To install, write <i>install73.img</i> or <i>miniroot73.img</i> to a
        !           460: USB stick, plug it into the machine and choose the <i>OpenBSD
        !           461: install</i> menu item in Petitboot.
        !           462: Refer to the instructions in INSTALL.powerpc64 for more details.
        !           463:
        !           464: <h3>OpenBSD/riscv64:</h3>
        !           465:
        !           466: <p>
        !           467: To install, write <i>install73.img</i> or <i>miniroot73.img</i> to a
        !           468: USB stick, and boot with that drive plugged in.
        !           469: Make sure you also have the microSD card plugged in that shipped with the
        !           470: HiFive Unmatched board.
        !           471: Refer to the instructions in INSTALL.riscv64 for more details.
        !           472:
        !           473: <h3>OpenBSD/sparc64:</h3>
        !           474:
        !           475: <p>
        !           476: Burn the image from a mirror site to a CDROM, boot from it, and type
        !           477: <i>boot cdrom</i>.
        !           478:
        !           479: <p>
        !           480: If this doesn't work, or if you don't have a CDROM drive, you can write
        !           481: <i>floppy73.img</i> or <i>floppyB73.img</i>
        !           482: (depending on your machine) to a floppy and boot it with <i>boot
        !           483: floppy</i>. Refer to INSTALL.sparc64 for details.
        !           484:
        !           485: <p>
        !           486: Make sure you use a properly formatted floppy with NO BAD BLOCKS or your install
        !           487: will most likely fail.
        !           488:
        !           489: <p>
        !           490: You can also write <i>miniroot73.img</i> to the swap partition on
        !           491: the disk and boot with <i>boot disk:b</i>.
        !           492:
        !           493: <p>
        !           494: If nothing works, you can boot over the network as described in INSTALL.sparc64.
        !           495: </section>
        !           496:
        !           497: <hr>
        !           498:
        !           499: <section id=upgrade>
        !           500: <h3>How to upgrade</h3>
        !           501: <p>
        !           502: If you already have an OpenBSD 7.1 system, and do not want to reinstall,
        !           503: upgrade instructions and advice can be found in the
        !           504: <a href="faq/upgrade73.html">Upgrade Guide</a>.
        !           505: </section>
        !           506:
        !           507: <hr>
        !           508:
        !           509: <section id=sourcecode>
        !           510: <h3>Notes about the source code</h3>
        !           511: <p>
        !           512: <code>src.tar.gz</code> contains a source archive starting at <code>/usr/src</code>.
        !           513: This file contains everything you need except for the kernel sources,
        !           514: which are in a separate archive.
        !           515: To extract:
        !           516: <blockquote><pre>
        !           517: # <kbd>mkdir -p /usr/src</kbd>
        !           518: # <kbd>cd /usr/src</kbd>
        !           519: # <kbd>tar xvfz /tmp/src.tar.gz</kbd>
        !           520: </pre></blockquote>
        !           521: <p>
        !           522: <code>sys.tar.gz</code> contains a source archive starting at <code>/usr/src/sys</code>.
        !           523: This file contains all the kernel sources you need to rebuild kernels.
        !           524: To extract:
        !           525: <blockquote><pre>
        !           526: # <kbd>mkdir -p /usr/src/sys</kbd>
        !           527: # <kbd>cd /usr/src</kbd>
        !           528: # <kbd>tar xvfz /tmp/sys.tar.gz</kbd>
        !           529: </pre></blockquote>
        !           530: <p>
        !           531: Both of these trees are a regular CVS checkout.  Using these trees it
        !           532: is possible to get a head-start on using the anoncvs servers as
        !           533: described <a href="anoncvs.html">here</a>.
        !           534: Using these files
        !           535: results in a much faster initial CVS update than you could expect from
        !           536: a fresh checkout of the full OpenBSD source tree.
        !           537: </section>
        !           538:
        !           539: <hr>
        !           540:
        !           541: <section id=ports>
        !           542: <h3>Ports Tree</h3>
        !           543: <p>
        !           544: A ports tree archive is also provided.  To extract:
        !           545: <blockquote><pre>
        !           546: # <kbd>cd /usr</kbd>
        !           547: # <kbd>tar xvfz /tmp/ports.tar.gz</kbd>
        !           548: </pre></blockquote>
        !           549: <p>
        !           550: Go read the <a href="faq/ports/index.html">ports</a> page
        !           551: if you know nothing about ports
        !           552: at this point.  This text is not a manual of how to use ports.
        !           553: Rather, it is a set of notes meant to kickstart the user on the
        !           554: OpenBSD ports system.
        !           555: <p>
        !           556: The <i>ports/</i> directory represents a CVS checkout of our ports.
        !           557: As with our complete source tree, our ports tree is available via
        !           558: <a href="anoncvs.html">AnonCVS</a>.
        !           559: So, in order to keep up to date with the -stable branch, you must make
        !           560: the <i>ports/</i> tree available on a read-write medium and update the tree
        !           561: with a command like:
        !           562: <blockquote><pre>
        !           563: # <kbd>cd /usr/ports</kbd>
        !           564: # <kbd>cvs -d anoncvs@server.openbsd.org:/cvs update -Pd -rOPENBSD_7_3</kbd>
        !           565: </pre></blockquote>
        !           566: <p>
        !           567: [Of course, you must replace the server name here with a nearby anoncvs
        !           568: server.]
        !           569: <p>
        !           570: Note that most ports are available as packages on our mirrors. Updated
        !           571: ports for the 7.3 release will be made available if problems arise.
        !           572: <p>
        !           573: If you're interested in seeing a port added, would like to help out, or just
        !           574: would like to know more, the mailing list
        !           575: <a href="mail.html">ports@openbsd.org</a> is a good place to know.
        !           576: </section>
        !           577: </body>
        !           578: </html>